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rifampin (rĭfăm`pĭn), antibiotic antibiotic, any of a variety of substances, usually obtained from microorganisms, that inhibit the growth of or destroy certain other microorganisms.

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..... Click the link for more information. used in the treatment of tuberculosis tuberculosis (TB), contagious, wasting disease caused by any of several mycobacteria. The most common form of the disease is tuberculosis of the lungs (pulmonary consumption, or phthisis), but the intestines, bones and joints, the skin, and the genitourinary,
..... Click the link for more information. . It is also used to eliminate the meningococcus microorganism from carriers and to treat leprosy leprosy or Hansen's disease (hăn`sənz)
..... Click the link for more information. , or Hansen's disease. Rifampin, or rifampicin as it was formerly called, acts by inhibiting protein synthesis in sensitive cells. It is a toxic drug whose side effects include flulike symptoms. Because resistant microorganisms emerge during treatment, rifampin is used along with other drugs, e.g., with isoniazid isoniazid (ī'sōnī`əzĭd), drug used to treat tuberculosis .
..... Click the link for more information. and ethambutol for tuberculosis treatment and with dapsone and clofazimine in the treatment of leprosy.

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